Timbellus crauroptera

Timbellus crauropteras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Timbellus
Species: T. crauroptera
Binomial name
Timbellus crauroptera
(Houart, 1991)
Synonyms[1]

Pterynotus crauroptera Houart, 1991 (basionym)

Timbellus crauroptera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 10 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Coral Sea and along New Caledonia.

References


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